James Stafford is the Editor of Oilprice.com
This week, it’s all about liquefied natural gas (LNG), as Asian markets eye a potential reduction in prices once US exports pick up momentum, Central…
At a Council on Foreign Relations shindig in New York on Monday the hot topic was the European Union and its lesser-of-two evils energy choice:…
Gunmen today seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in central Tripoli, releasing him shortly afterwards, but making it clear that post-Gaddafi Libya…
Today’s oil and gas workforce is full of Baby Boomers and the ranks of Generation Y, leaving Generation X sidelined in the industry and languishing…
This week we are watching with great interest what will be a reshuffling of US shale assets that paints an interesting picture of the emerging…
From Kurdistan to Somaliland, for independent oil companies, getting your hands on new exploration acreage where both technical risk and political risk are low is…
When the Fed decided last week to maintain its Quantitative Easing, oil prices responded with a $2/barrel rise. But this has been balanced by the…
Thanks to the shale boom, markets already perceive the trade balance optimizing, energy prices are cheaper than they would otherwise be and we’ve even cut…
Nerves less rattled over Syria, reflected in falling oil prices; the swelling LNG export momentum in the US—but is a pause in the works?; and…
The most important aspect of predictive energy investing is keeping up with technological advancements BEFORE they go viral. These are the hints; the bread crumbs…
Our take on oil price predictions and the anxiety over a potential US strike on Syria …The specter of a US strike on Syria continues…
As with everything else, it’s all about economic feasibility. This is the story of kerogen (oil shale), and could be a huge one, or it…
This week, it’s all about Syria because what happens next here will determine the course of geopolitical dynamics across the Middle East—and of course will…
We have a great report lined up for you tomorrow, but before then I wanted to let you know that tomorrow’s premium letter is a…
Right now algae is simply too expensive to produce—and the process uses more energy than we get back. But by around 2017, with more money…
Mexico’s desperate leap forward to jumpstart oil production; offshore trouble brewing between Nicaragua and Colombia; Syria as a proxy for a looming war over Mediterranean…
The “hydraulic” part of the fracking equation means buying a lot of water and then paying to get rid of it once it’s been tainted.…
It’s a summer of chaos in the Middle East and North Africa, which translates into great news for oil prices; Egypt chaos will continue and…
Forget about Big Oil this year and focus your attention on those smaller US-shale-focused players because they have begun to outperform the big boys and…
Another move forward on US LNG exports; what’s really behind global terror travel warnings; and the latest teasers from this week’s premium offerings. This week…